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1w .1, YOUNG MACHINE FQR MAKING COUNTERS Filed Sep'b. 11, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l June 24, 1930.

W. J. YOUNG MACHINE FOR MAKING COUNTERS Filed Sept. 11, 1928 s Sheets-Sheet 2 Ju ne 24, 1930. I W. J. YOUNG 1,763,499

. MACHINE FOR MAKING COUNTERS Filed Sept. 11, 192g 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 G I i Inveni r y i J L WW1 I 4 7 ing inachine so-called, for rolling them into Patented June 24, 1930 WILLIAM J. YOUNG,- or rnnnony, MASSACHUSETTS, nssrenon r0 w; .T. YOUNG MACHINERY GOIMPANY, 01E"LYNN 'MASSAGHUSETTS, A CORPORATIONOF MASSA ionosn'rrs MACHINE FOR MAKING COUNTERS Application filed September 11,1928. Serial No. 305,202.

' The present invention relates tomachines for making counters; I

The usual process for making counters comprises number of eparate operations. 6- Counters are'first skiv'ed in'a skiving inachine andare then passed through a corrugating machine for c rru ating the marins al ng the' edge, after which they are resented to a counter rolling or clam-shellthedesi'redsliape, It i 'also commonpractice to pass the counters after kiving and before rolling through a marking machine for rinting the desired characters thereon.

The skiving machine maybe fed by hand or automatically and accordin to the usual practice, the counters after being slnve'd, are fed by hand separately-to the marking devices and to the corrugating and rolling? machines; According to this method, the attel'i'danc'e of aseparate operator for each of the several machi'nes'is ordinarily required.

Th object or the present invention is; t rovidea machine for automatically forming 5 a completed counter without the necessityfor attendance of more than one operator and'to this end the invention consists' in-the countermaking machine hereinafter described and particularly defined in theclaims.

a plan view of so much oft-he preferred form of the machine as is necessary to understand the present invention; Fig; 2 is an elevation, partlyin section, of the machine shown inltlg. '1, taken; on line 2- 2 of ig. andlookmg in the direction of the arrows; .and F1g. 3. is a side elevation of the conveyor looking in the opposite direction. 7

he illustrated embodiment tion comprises generail a counter skiving mechanism indicated at 4, a counter rolling or clam-shelling mechanism 6 which also includes the cerrug-ating mechanism, a printing skiving Inechanism tothe printer and from the printer to the rolling mechanism. I

The skiving mechanism 4 has a frame 12 within which are 'mountedthe usual rolls 1; for presenting the blankto the skiving knife.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is r t a to take the gears 26 and 28.011t of mesh.

of the inven:

v .58 when a blank is not being fe mechanism 8, and a onveying mechanismlo, for conveying the skived counters from the v The rolls are driven in the usual mannerfro'rn a train of gears suitably connected with the main drivin shaft 1 6. The shaft 16 has fixed thereon a gear 18 which drives a knurled roll 20 through a gear 22 on a haft 24. The shaft secured to the shaft. p I

The skived blanks leaving the 'skiving mechanism enter the bite of the rolls 20 and 32 and are thereby moved alonga' table form: ing a part of the conveying mechanism 10. Aplate 36 secured to ajbar 38 extending across the delivery end of the skiving mechanism acts to prevent upward movement of the blanks and to guide them to thebite of the rolls. It will be seen that the r usao and 32' a are revolved in o posite directions in a manner to advance the blanks along the conveyor.

table.- I I v The shaft 30 is journaled in a bracket 40 and is formed with yoke ends 42 pivoted on a shaft 44 secured in ears ltiupstanding from opposite sides of the table. A tension spring 4r8'secured between the bracket and the conveyor frame serves to holdthe rolls 20 and 32 in proximity but permits them to-separate sufliciently to let a blank pass between them.

"The movement between the rolls suflicient to aocommodate'the blank is not great enou h T e axis of the knurled roller 20, as shown in Fig. 2, is below the upper; surface of'the table 34 and the bite of the'two rolls extends slightly above the table. The conveyortable 34: has

aside flange which is secured by brackets 52 and'54c tothe frame '12 of the skiver.

After passing the rolls 20 and the blank is nextpresented to apair of feeding rolls indi'catedat 56 and 58. r The lower feeding roll 56 protrudes slightly through an opening in the table andis adapted to engage the roll thereby. The rolls 56 and58are journaledon shafts 60 and 62' respectively upon which are secured ears 64 and 66' which mesh with each other.- Thege'ar 64 is driven by a gear 68 on a Stud 70 whichin turn is driven by a gear 72 meshingwith another gear 74 onthe stud 76,'the

studs 70 and 76 being mounted in the bracket '58 24 alsocarriesa gear 26 which meshes with'a; gearQS on a shaft 30, a roll 32' being also;

54. The gear 74 is driven by a gear 78 secured to the main shaft 16 of the skiving machine. It will be seen that by this train of gears, the rolls 64 and 66 are rotated in opposite directions and in a manner to advance the counters over the table toward the rolling device. The shaft 62 which carries the upper roll 58 and the gear 66 is journaled in a yoke shaped bracket 80 which pivots on the shaft 44, the rolls being urged towardeach other by a spring 82 connected between the bracket and the frame.

Additional pairs of rolls 84 and 86 similar to the rolls 56 and 58, are provided at various points along the conveyor table. These rolls are yieldingly mounted in a similar fashion to the mounting of the rolls 56 and 58. All of the rolls of the conveyor are driven by the gear 64 which meshes with a large gear 88, this latter gear connecting through gears 90,92, 94, 96 and 98to drive the rolls as shown in Fig. 3. The large gears 88, '92 and 96 are mounted in studs 99 which are secured to the conveyor frame. The spacing between successive pairs of rolls is such that the blank is engaged by one pair before being released by the preceding pair.

When a printing operation is not desired, the gear 90 may be utilized to operate a set of rolls similar to the pairs of rolls 86. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, however, this gear is employed for the purpose of effecting a printing operation. The gear 90 drives a roll 100 similar to the roll 56. Above the roll 100 is a printing roll 102 which carries suitable type for impressing any desired characters on the blanks. The printing roll 102 is secured to a shaft 104 which is rotated by a gear 106 meshing with the gear 90. The roll 102 is mounted in a pivoted bracket 108 topermit a slight relative movement be tween the rolls whereby between them.

The bracket 108 has upstanding arms 110 which are slotted at 112 to receive the inking roll shaft 114. A felt covered inking roll 115 is mounted onthe shaft 114. A pair of tension springs 116 connected between the upper ends of the arms 11-0 and opposite sides of the conveyor frame serve to press the printing rollagainst the blank. An ink reservoir 118 is mounted on a bracket 120 secured to the conveyor frame and is adapted to supply a uniform quantity of ink to the roll 115. The ink is uniformly distributed over the felt the blank may pass roll,116 by means of a piece of felt 122 se-.

cured atone end to the bracket 120 and pressing at the other end againstthe roll 115.

At the left hand end of the conveyor, as shown in Fig. 2, theblanks enter the month 124 of the clam-shelling apparatus 6. In order to prevent upward movement of the blanks over the top of the mouth 124, a flat plate 126 extends across the conveyor above the table. Theplate is secured to a bar 128 which is secured at opposite ends to the sides of the conveyor. The plate extends slightly over the end of the conveyor and above the mouth 124. After being guided by the mouth 124 into the rolling machine, the blank is engaged by the corrugating rolls 130 which engage and corrugate the surface of the blank adjacent one margin or edge in the well known manner, and are passed thence into the rolling machine for the usual clam-shelling operation. The construction of the clamshelling machine may be of any usual or preferred form.

The conveyor is provided with side guide plates 132 which extend close to the feeding rolls and serve to maintain the blanks in proper position as they are fed over the table. Each guide plate is attached to a slotted arm 134 which is secured to an ear 136 extending outwardly from the conveyor frame.

According to the present invention, the blanks are fed to the skiving machine in any desired manner either by hand or by an automatic feeding device. They are automatically skived, corrugated, and rolled and when desired, they are also automatically printed or otherwise marked, being delivered from the clam-shelling machine in completely rolled form. The only attendance required is for the feeding of the blanks to the skiving machine.

lVhile the present invention has been illustrated as embodied in a machine provided with a roll conveyor, it is obvious that the invention is not limited to this specific arrangement but may include other and. different forms of'conveyor whether of the roll, belt, or some other type. Noris it essential that the corrugating mechanism be located adjacent the rolling mechanism as shown, since it may equally well be placed close to the skiving devices or at any desired point between these rolling and skiving mechanisms. If, as issomet-imes the case, the marking of the counter is not desired, the printing mechanism may be omitted entirely.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A machine for making counters having, in combination, a counter skiving device for skiving blanks in flat condition, a counter rolling device, and aconveyor for receiving the blanks in flat condition from the skiving device and delivering them flat to the rolling device. V

2. A machine for making counters having,

- in combination, a counter skiving machine, a

conveyor having rolls to engage blanks delivered from the skiving machine, additional rolls for advancing the blanks and engaging them prior to release thereof from the preceding rolls, and a counter rolling machine to receive the blanks from the conveyor.

3. A machine for making counters having,

in combination, a counter skiving machine, a counter rolling machine, a conveyor for receiving the blanks from the skiving machine and delivering them to the rolling machine, the conveyor comprising a plurality of sets of rolls to engage the blanks, one of the rolls 7 comprising a printing roll, and means for inkin the printing roll.

4. A machine for making counters having, in combination, a counter skiving machine, a counter rolling machine, a conveyor for re ceiving the blanks from the skiving machine and delivering them to the rolling machine, the conveyor comprising a plurality of sets of rolls to engage the blanks, and guides for guiding the blanks between the sets of rolls, one of the rolls comprising a printing roll,-

and means for inking the printing roll.

5. A machine for maklng counters having, in combination, a counter skiving device, a

. counter rolling device, a corrugating device,

and conveyor mechanism for automatically passing the counters in flat condition from one device to another.

6. A machine for making counters having, in. combination, a counter skiving device, a counter rolling device, a corrugating device and a printing device, both located intermediate the skiving and the rolling devices, and conveyor mechanism for automatically passing the counters from one device to an.- other.

7. A machine for making counters having, in combination, a counter skiving machine, a counter rolling machine, and a conveyor having a series of driven rolls spaced in the line of the feed for engaging one face of the counter to advance it from the skiving to the rolling machine.

8. A machine for making counters having, in combination, a counter skiving machine, a counter rolling machine, and a conveyor having a pair of opposed rolls to receive the counter therebetween and advance it from the skiving to the rolling machine.

9. A machine for making counters having, in combination, a counter skiving machine, printingdevices, and a conveyor driven from the skiving machine for conveying the counters in flat condition from the skiving machine to the printing devices and away from the printing devices.

10. A machine for making counters having, in combination, a counterskiving machine, a printing device, a counter rolling machine, and a. conveyor connected to and driven from the skiving machine for advancing the counters in fiat condition from the skiving machine to the printing device and from the printing device into position of presentation to the rolling machine.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM J. YOUNG. 

